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Eco Factor: Drag racing car emits water and oxygen. A chemical that is an active ingredient in most hair dyes is tested for feasibility in a drag racer with astonishing results. While hydrogen fuel cells are expensive and electric cars are slow,...

Eco Factor: Solar-powered system to refine magnesium and use it as a source of fuel. Oceans contain about 1800 trillion tons of magnesium, which if refined can be used to meet the world’s energy needs for the next 300,000 years. But refining...

Eco Factor: Hydrogen fueling stations to be built in London in efforts to promote the use of hydrogen-powered vehicles. Hydrogen has for long been touted as the green fuel of tomorrow, however the lack of adequate infrastructure has kept things...

Eco Factor: Concept car fueled by hydrogen fuel cells. Like all manufacturers of supercars, Aston Martin too is trying hard to figure out the best possible source of green fuel, which can make its cars go green without sacrificing on the...

Eco Factor: Hydrogen for fuel can be extracted from water without any wastage. Of all the sources of green energy, hydrogen seems the most promising as it burns with no harmful emissions at all. Research has been going on for decades to find the...

Eco Factor: Algae to be used for cheap ethanol production. In an effort to fuel the world with clean and cheap energy, Dow Chemical and Algenol Biofuels have partnered to build algae farms that can convert carbon dioxide into ethanol, which can...

Eco Factor: Bio-fuel manufactured from cottonseed oil. Cottonseed, which is usually considered a waste product of cotton manufacturing units, could one day be a new source of auto fuel. The findings came after a research group at the GMR Institute.

Eco Factor: Hydrogen fueling station provides clean fuel for vehicles. With the opening of the first hydrogen fueling station at Aiken, researchers from South Carolina seem to have materialized what they have been preaching for the past few years..

In today’s times, where global warming is fast spreading its tentacles it is wise to use biofuels for our vehicles. The idea sounds great. It will have a double impact. For one, it will be cheaper than the fossil fuels and petroleum used...